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Top Grossing Documentary Movies in 2019

Rank Title Language Domestic Worldwide
1 The Great Hack
English

UK

$472,166 $41,509,280
2 Apollo 11
English

UK

$9,039,891 $15,343,649
3 Metamorphosis
English

UK

$0 $12,902,597
4 King of Beasts
English

UK

$7,518 $11,517,629
5 Jawline
English

UK

$667,815 $11,149,943
6 Pavarotti
english

UK

$4,600,249 $8,083,942
7 Penguins
English

UK

$7,699,452 $7,699,452
8 Back to the Fatherland
English

UK

$0 $7,090,000
9 The Biggest Little Farm
english

UK

$4,366,949 $5,270,685
10 Wonders of the Sea 3D
English

UK

$81,237 $5,173,840
11 Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice
English

UK

$4,252,657 $4,252,657
12 Maiden
English

UK

$3,168,978 $3,495,241
13 Echo In the Canyon
English

UK

$3,355,324 $3,355,324
14 Marianne & Leonard: Words of Love
English

UK

$1,012,034 $3,311,263
15 Diego Maradona
English

UK

$0 $2,798,565
16 Fantastic Fungi
English

UK

$1,788,322 $1,877,675
17 Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
English

UK

$614,201 $1,464,542
18 For Sama
Arabic

AR

$43,796 $1,397,546
19 Honeyland
Turkish

TR

$815,082 $1,314,260
20 No Safe Spaces
English

UK

$1,291,514 $1,291,514
21 Where's My Roy Cohn?
English

UK

$705,274 $1,243,067
22 Jesus Is King
English

UK

$973,000 $1,082,629
23 Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am
English

UK

$903,018 $927,495
24 The Last Animals
English

UK

$9,138 $903,797
25 The Game Changers
English

UK

$739,711 $897,992
26 Everybody's Everything
English

UK

$547,207 $748,539
27 David Crosby: Remember My Name
English

UK

$732,793 $732,793
28 The Elephant Queen
English

UK

$0 $713,957
29 Raise Hell: The Life & Times of Molly Ivins
English

UK

$694,410 $695,327
30 Bethany Hamilton: Unstoppable
English

UK

$590,671 $657,847
31 Aquarela
Russian

RU

$307,346 $638,907
32 Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles
English

UK

$549,386 $558,816
33 The Spy Behind Home Plate
English

UK

$519,525 $519,525
34 The Russian Five
English

UK

$485,049 $485,049
35 63 Up
English

UK

$483,684 $483,684
36 Liam Gallagher: As It Was
English

UK

$0 $477,009
37 Gorillaz: Reject False Icons
English

UK

$453,687 $475,465
38 Hail Satan?
English

UK

$424,284 $467,361
39 The Cold Blue
English

UK

$420,177 $420,177
40 Cunningham
English

UK

$265,102 $367,788
41 Anthropocene: The Human Epoch
English

UK

$104,806 $360,593
42 Nureyev
English

UK

$165,203 $342,255
43 Meeting Gorbachev
Russian

RU

$251,837 $319,230
44 Ask Dr. Ruth
English

UK

$297,195 $318,230
45 The Kingmaker
English

UK

$122,587 $304,840
46 The Silence of Others
Spanish

ES

$67,986 $289,455
47 The Cave
Arabic

AR

$62,625 $288,764
48 Mike Wallace Is Here
English

UK

$281,245 $281,245
49 One Child Nation
English

UK

$270,128 $271,841
50 Varda by Agnès
French

FR

$160,765 $235,370

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